Doctors

Prof Arne Akbar, president of the British Society for Immunology, says compulsory vaccination is a blunt tool which could increase health inequities and alienate parents. Plus Prof Helen Stokes-Lampard and others call for a funded postnatal medical app…

Short-termism has hampered investment in equipment and staffing that could help the NHS keep people alive • Mark Dayan is a policy analyst at the Nuffield TrustCancer survival rates in the UK have long lagged behind those in other countries of comparab…

Surgeons and anaesthetists are turning down work as higher earnings risk massive tax billsMinisters have proposed a major overhaul of the NHS pension scheme to try to stop doctors cutting their hours in order to avoid falling into a “tax trap” that mea…

Staff shortage leads St Mary’s in Cumbria to take drastic measuresA hospice has been forced to close its doors to people wishing to spend their final days there because it cannot find a doctor to oversee its service.It is the first time one of the UK’s…

In a stressful workplace where life-and-death decisions are taken, blatant sexual offensiveness can be dismissed as letting off steamAs issues of sexual harassment and toxic workplace cultures are gaining more coverage in the media, it has surprised pe…

Leading doctors say schools should not allow in children who have not had vaccinationThe MMR jab should be compulsory for children before they are allowed to start primary school to stop the resurgence of measles and mumps, leading GPs are demanding.Sc…

Plans for new cuts sent same day Boris Johnson reinforced NHS spending commitmentsGPs will be urged against referring patients to hospital specialists and consultants, and some outpatient appointments will be axed as part of a controversial programme o…

Dame Sally Davies condemns ‘disrespectful’ attack on doctor who worked on no-deal plansEngland’s most senior doctor has condemned Jacob Rees-Mogg for comparing a consultant who helped draw up no-deal medical plans to the disgraced anti-vaxxer Andrew Wa…

In a small number of patients, I think doctors cause harm and trauma in the pursuit of a finite amount of extra timeAt the very end, Cyril* was terrified of death. A nasty infection had developed in his chest and he was struggling to breathe. All membe…

Many are given little or no time to discuss feelings at postnatal checkup, NCT survey findsMental health problems among new mothers are going undetected because many get as little as three minutes to discuss their feelings at the six-week postnatal che…

People with high cholesterol could be diagnosed and given drugs without a prescriptionPatients with high cholesterol could be diagnosed and given statins by pharmacists for the first time under NHS plans to cut the number of people dying from heart att…

Lack of training and prosecutions, and workforce shortages, are placing staff in greater danger, say health unionsWhen Dr Miranda Roland, an A&E registrar, was held hostage by a patient brandishing a pair of steel surgical scissors in a cubicle, sh…

Government urged to act to relieve strain on surgeries and burnout among doctorsThe NHS’s lack of GPs is so acute that ministers must boost the number of medics who train to be family doctors to a record 5,000 a year, the head of the profession is dema…

Surely, the prime minister’s avowed love of the health service is just vote-winning spin for a possible general electionBoris Johnson has made the NHS central to his first weeks in office, alongside his other “people’s priorities” of crime and schools….

Neurologist is called ‘remoaner’ after asking what death rate Commons leader would acceptLatest Brexit developments – live updatesJacob Rees-Mogg has criticised a consultant neurologist who raised concerns about the supply of medicines in a no-deal Bre…

Working in a GP surgery I see panic attacks, obsessive compulsive behaviour and patients who reject their diagnosesI work as a mental health nurse in a GP practice. Today I assess four new patients and do two follow-ups for patients I have seen before….

The medical community have known for a century that women are living in constant pain. They’ve done nothing about itIt’s frustrating to have questions that don’t get answered. It’s altogether disturbing to find out that those questions haven’t even bee…

The combination of physical activity, social contact and being surrounded by nature is thought to make gardening beneficial for our mental healthMany gardeners already know the uplifting feeling you get from being muddied of hand, nurturing plants from…

You need not feel shy about having looked up your condition when you go to see your GP – but neither should you turn it into an ‘internet v doctor’ face-offThere is no need for you to feel self-conscious about letting your GP know that you have researc…